The evening world., 1887-10-28

The standard of the Staten Island BOYS for
throwing the 16-pound hammer is 46 feet
the "Mercury-foot" requisite was 10 feet.
Down at Livingstone, on the 18th of Novem-
Der, the pole-vaulters may qualify at 6 feet
Up at Mott Haven the standard
for pole-vaulting was 8 #. 9 in. The record
for this game is IL #. in.-Baxter's. For
The rest Of the events the Staten islanders
running high jump Of A #. 4 in, a .440-yard
run in 66 secy q shot put (16 pounds) Of "a
IT,, o 120-yard hurdle race in "a sec., a run
hing broad jump of 8 fl. and a one mile in 6
min.
The National Amateur Skating Association
will hold q meeting on the evening of Mon
day, Noy. Z, to decide on a date for the
will probably be held some time in january,
es that Is as early as ice can be depended upon
In this latitude. Greenwood Lake and Hack
ensack River. at Little Ferry, will be the
principal skating grounds this season, that is
If q. trains are put on, as has been
promised, to accommodate lovers of exercise
on steel runners. Van Courtlandt Lake is too
pear the city and the skating crowd cannot
Run things to suit themselves, but have to
submit to annoyance from a crowd whose
main desire seems to be. to get in the way.
There will be more skating organizations
this year than ever before, and it Is thought
tsey yb will ia manage f. to sf keep the ;D snow 9S;v Cleared Cleared
heretofore have waited for q rain when the
Ice became showed under.
The New York Athletic Club took q step in
the right direction when it had the annual
handicap. There is altogether too little
handicap rowing, and it has q serious effect
on the number of contestants entered at re-
gattas. How many competitors would there
hl scratch ones2 The Harlem Regatta AS
Bociation's committee should consider max
Ing o number of the events in next seasons
fegattas handicaps. and care should be taken
TO have the starts allowed as fair as possible.
There are fifteen handicap events on the
programme of the Columbia College annual
fall meeting, commencing on the Manhattan
Athletic Clubs grounds this afternoon. They
are: 100, 900, 40 and $50 yard and one-miIe
runs, 12O-yard hurdle race, throwing the
hammer, putting the shot, running broad and
high jumps. two-mile bicycle race, class tug
of war and one-mile walk for collegians and
q 1O0-yard dash and o half mile run open to
all amateurs. The fields will probably be un-
usually large. Silver cups are the prizes.
The benefit to the widow of the late Albert
In Harlem last night. J.Randolph Heiser and
John Deery,. the latter the old time cham
pion, opened the entertainment with a fifty
point cushion caroms game. Heiser won by
one button. There was plenty of occasion
for applause when Maurice DAILY and Billy
Sexton came together. The Oomanche won
by 80 to 45. Charlie Manning beat j. L. Ma
lone 4 to 8 and AL Frey defeated Sam Knight
6to 4 at 15-ball pool, INT Frey and Manning
gave exhibitions of fancy shots, which de-
lighted the spectators.
Thu Prospect Harriers will have a grand
house-warming at their headquarters in
Brooklyn tomorrow night.
Fifty-four valuable medals, costing nearly
&2,600, will be turned over to their muscular
owners OF the Games Committee of National
Association of Amateur Athletics meeting
this evening. Three of them are for broken
records: It is an interesting problem, this
record breaking. Between thirty and forty
figures have gone under this year, and this,
toe, when many Of the events, say the running
high jump and the 12O-yard hurdle race, were
supposed to be at pretty near the top notch.
When will the limit be reached